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Friday, December 9, 2011

Guest Post - Aaron L.

CAN THE WORST OF TIMES MAKE FOR THE BEST OF LINES?

I think I heard somewhere that "life is pain". I beg to differ. Life is theability to survive the pain.

When I began my journey into creating my novel, "Light Under the House" Ionly had a germ of a plot and not much else. I was a college drop out at thetime and didn't have much going for me. I had also sown a lot of seeds intoendeavors that turned out to be useless. I had a mountain of wastedopportunity and regrets piled up. I wasn't trained expert in any field. Whatdid I know? Then again, I did know a few things. I knew about rejection. Iknew about the loss friendship. I knew about living with frustration, anger,and fear. I knew those things. I knew I had a story to tell.

So I asked myself, what does it look like to overcome the wounds I've beendealt? What does it look like to fail and come back again? What does faithin action look like? As I started to ask myself these questions, the novelgrew and so did I. In the process I learned some key things:

If you want to challenge the reader you have to challenge yourself. "LightUnder the House" is a novel about character. I knew I wanted to be better. Abetter brother. Son. Friend. A better man. If I didn't find it challenging Iwas certain no one else would.

Don't be afraid to be open and generous. I've learned not be afraid to talkabout issues through my story and its characters that are personal to meand my struggles. Our scars are just proof that we're still alive, we canshow them.

Everyone has a strength, let yours shine. Don't get me wrong, it's not allpain. I've lived a very blessed life. While it was true that I didn't haveany technical expertise, I did have life experience. By the time fifteen Ihad lived in numerous places in the U.S. and abroad. I had been around theworld. I had diverse experiences to draw upon in dealing with people andlife. It also helped to hone a unique perspective. What are your strengths?

So can the worst of times make for the best of lines? I think it can. Ifnot, I'm sure I'll survive it.

Aaron is the author of:

Light Under The House by Aaron L.

Paperback, 362 pages

Kindle and EBook

Ravensbrook Press

Good Reads Summary:

"Sarai Ravensbrook has never known power. She has never been in control of anything in her world. She has lived in the shadow of her step father and uncle's abuses to both her mind and body. All she has ever wanted was to have what was hers, to control her own destiny. But when a beautiful and mysterious woman comes into her life, Sarai is guided down a strange path....a path that will lead her to a queen from the ancient past and to a destiny that is finally her own....or is it?"

Sarai Ravensbrook, the sly John Quince, the wise Dr. Levi and Tanis. All are characters involved with the Levi family and the secret lying just beneath their house that could potentially ruin them. A secret that an ancient evil will stop at nothing to uncover. Light Under the House by Aaron L. and Donna Dawson, chronicles the lives of the Levi family for a generation, taking readers on an exciting and thought-provoking journey.

This page-turning story is set in the late 1960s during a period of cultural rebellion, with a flashback to Biblical times, as well as a flash-forward to the 1980s and the present (2005). The events of this allegoric novel are interwoven within several themes that create cohesion for the story. Messages of courage, forgiveness, faith, the power of consequence, and the hope of redemption are all found within the pages of Light Under the House.

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